Star Wars: a question of initiative

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The book explores the implications of the American Strategic Defense Initiative, and of UK participation. It explains the links with industrial and defence policies, and the resignations of two British cabinet ministers. Civil uses of advanced information technology are explored. The author was a research manager in the UK government Alvey Programme in Advanced Information Technology.

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